Suwon City Provides Disaster Relief Kits to Sister City Pohang Following Heavy Downpours

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon City provided 130 disaster relief kits to Pohang City, which suffered damage from heavy downpours on the 26th.

The city dispatched Kwon Chan-ho, Director of Planning and Coordination at Suwon City, Choi Jung-yeol, Executive Director of the Suwon Volunteer Center, and Lim Suk-ja, Center Director, to the Jukjang-myeon office in Buk-gu, Pohang, and delivered disaster relief kits (valued at approximately 9.5 million won) consisting of food items such as instant rice, cup ramen, and canned goods, as well as essential supplies including towels, toiletries, and tissue paper.

Suwon City and Pohang City, which established a sister city relationship in 2009, have maintained close ties by participating in each other's representative festivals and providing support during times of difficulty.

Suwon City dispatched an emergency relief team when a wildfire broke out in northern Pohang in 2013, and delivered donations and essential supplies when an earthquake occurred in Pohang in 2017.

Suwon City has also actively supported flood-affected areas last year by providing relief supplies to flood-stricken regions in Gyeonggi, South Chungcheong, North Chungcheong, and South Jeolla provinces, and assisting in recovery efforts.